Escaping to the country, living the dream, and battling the blackberries.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Lap goose

The weather is halfway decent, so I brought Jiminy out to eat some grass and stretch his/her legs while I listened to some Diana Gabaldon on my iPod. Yeah, didn't work. Darn goose insisted on being in my lap, and would only eat grass if hand fed... I'm a sucker. This baby seems like a female to me, so I'm gonna start calling Jiminy a she, and we'll see next spring if I do or don't see eggs. :)

Lindsey, lol. Geese are fun. Of our original 4 though, only Affie ended up friendly. Bitor is an ass, and the other two girls are indifferent. I'm trying for an extremely friendly goose with Jiminy. The 3 that Baby hatched, as well as the ones that should be hatching in the incubator here in about 2 weeks are all destined for the freezer. I don't know if Meat Goose will be eaten or sold, as it has decided that it's a friendly goose since I've had Jiminy in with it. Heck, the runner duck is now also friendly. Curses! I just don't think I can eat something that's so much like a feathery dog. Maybe it will turn out mean. If not, Meat Goose will be sold. Baby's goslings won't be friendly, as they don't get any handling, so no problem there. :) The eggs are delicious, though they only lay for a short part of the year. Otherwise, they're better watchdogs than our dogs, serve as pretty pasture pets, keep the lawn mowed, and provide fertilizer. It's a good thing that we don't have more open grass areas, or I'd be overrun with geese... Great. Big. Sucker. :)

About Me

30-something gal who grew up in N California raising Percherons, and was a parkie for 4 seasons during college. After several years of being stuck in town, my lumberjack man (LJ for short) and I finally escaped to the country. No more listening to car horns and squealing tires! While I attempt to use proper grammar and punctuation, I tend to write like I talk. Lots of sentence fragments, run-on sentences. Bear with me as I try to keep a record of activity/progress on our property and with our critters (which at any time might include dogs, cat, ducks, geese, chickens, meat chickens, pigs, goats, turkeys, guineas, bees, etc)